Yesterdays vote to reject the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital. Press reports that israel will leave unesco at the end of 2018. The u. S. Said it will drop the agency at that time. The worst appears to be over for a Massive Wildfire that plagued a wide section of the california coast for more than two weeks. Evacuationndatory orders have been called off. The fire drove 100,000 people from their homes in ventura county. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am jessica summers. This is bloomberg. Julie i am in for julia chatterley. Scarlet fu. M plunges taking the spotlight. Whatd youion is miss . Bitcoin plunges as much as 30 today. Christmas coming a few day earlier earlier for lawmakers. They will come back to a messy agenda. Rhee will tell us how he tabbed into the company ideals to bring them back from the brink of bankruptcy. Julie the u. S. Has a new federal tax code and it changes the Econ
Respect to regulation it was great uncertainty in the Business Community about where the government was going and what kind of an obstacle it would become. We try to tried to convey the message that the government would provide positive certainty so we could rise out of the recession. At that point we were still in the recession until june of 2009 2009. We were out of it technically but i dont think people for years felt that we were out of it in reality. If you want the dynamic Economic Growth you are expecting winding out of a recession yet to do positive things to give the vistas community some certainty that you are not going to hurt them. Host what are some of the measurements . Guest the ones we focused on the hook for tax reform, energy policy, Regulatory Reform and reduced government spending. This was the only trump agenda item we didnt hit was Health Care Reform but this was 2009 and 10. We didnt know what a negative impact it would have on economy that point. We covered spen
Today on the nomination of the middle district of tennessee court, about to limit debate set forth by 30 00 easter. Live Senate Coverage now on cspan2. Senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, abide with us when other helpers fail and comfort flees strengthen our senators with your might. Provide them with a perseverance that completes the task, a courage to face every fear, and a fidelity that brings glory to your name. Help them to live such exemplary lives that they will infect others with the contagion of love of you, lord, give them the gentleness and symmetry to bring healing to our nation and world. Whatever they do, may they do it for you, the author and finisher of our destinies. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justic
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The government. This came after weeks of acrimony and no shortage of hostility here on the senate floor and elsewhere. And while most of the recent debate has been focused on the future of immigration policy, another vitally important priority and a bipartisan priority, no less, was also addressed this week. Im talking of course about the sixyear extension of the Childrens Health Insurance Program which was included in the funding bill. Its a shame really that this bipartisan accomplishment has in some respects been overlooked while more attention has been given to partisan squabbling over more divisive issues. Since its interception, chip has been a bipartisan program. In 1997, senator kennedy and i came together to create chip in order to provide Health Insurance to vulnerable children. It was a Republicancontrolled Congress working with a democratic president that brought this program into existence. The year before that same Republican Congress and democratic president worked toget